Traveling the length of New Zealand with camera in hand, photographer Katharina Jung‘s series, The Freedom of the Open Road, captures how liberating it can be to step into the wild. Hoping to share the “endless beauty of this land and every creature on it”, Katharina invites you to “free yourself, follow your heart and spread the message, ‘Dream on little dreamer, this is how it all begins.’”

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